Transferable show-case



'UNITED- STATES v PATENT, FFICE.

JOHN C. SPRAGGINS, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

' TRANSFERAB LE SHOW-GAS E.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 603,210, dated April 26, 1898.

Application filed September 1'7, 1897. Serial No. 652,047. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, J OHN C. SPRAGGINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transferable Show- Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to transferable showcases, and'has forits object to provide a simple and efficient mechanical arrangement designed to facilitate the moving of show-cases into a store or their ready removal therefrom, as in the event of fire.

To the accomplishment of this object the out of the path of the cases to permit their ready removal from the frame in which they are held.

Referring to thedrawings, Figure l is a side elevation of mydevice complete. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of one of the cases, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the stop.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 and 2 indicate a pair of longitudinally-inclined tracks supported upon suitable standards 3 and designed to receive peripherallygroove'd rollers 4, suitably mounted adjacent to the corners of the bottom 5 of a show-case 6 of any suitable design, from the top of which extends a Vertical'shaft 7, carrying ahorizontally-grooved roller 8.

9 indicates a shaft or track extending longitudinally. above the show case or cases, as the case may be, and against which the rollers 8 are designed to bear to prevent forward tilting of the show-cases. A series of cases provided with the casters 4 and rollers 8 are slid upon the inclined way formed by the tracks 1 and 2 and are retained against rolling by gravity down the inclined way by a rotary stop 10, consisting of a semicircular plate 11, carried by a rotary shaft 12, journaled in suitable bearings 13 and secured to the semicircular plate 11 at the center of its straight edge. The shaft, which is disposed horizontally, and the bearings 13, in which it is mounted, are preferably located in the rear of the cases to permit the semicircular plate to lie against the side of the end case or to be turned back out of the path of the cases to permit their rolling by gravity down the inclined plane and their removal with their contents, if desired.

It is evident that in the event of fire the stop may be turned back and that the cases will readily move toward the front end of the store and may be entirely removed with despatch, or that if it is desired to remove any one of the cases it may be readily accomplished in the same manner; but while the present embodiment of my invention appears at'this time to be preferable I do not desire to limit myself to the details of construction herein shown and described. I reserve the right to change, modify, or vary them at will within the scope of myinvention.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with an inclined track, of a show-case carried thereby, and a rotary stop adapted to engage said case for limiting the movement thereof having a segmental en gaging portion.

at the upper ends of the cases, a track in contact with the horizontal rollers, a rotary stop specification in the presence of two subscribconsisting of a horizontal shaft mounted ading Witnesses.

jacent to the rear ed es of the show-cases v 1 and a semicircular pla te secured to the shaft JOHN SPRAQUINS' 5 at the center of its straight edge, substan- Witnesses:

tially as specified. JOHN GROTE,

In testimony whereof I have signed this A. \V. SOOOLA. 

